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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Rom-Com Week on Grantland

This is what I love about Grantland. It's a terrific blend of sports and pop culture, but they're also not afraid to balance it with anything they know would be good. Bill Simmons created a great website. One article could be about the lack of a salary cap in major league baseball and the next is at the other end of the entertainment spectrum, with the inducting of Julia Roberts into the "Rom-Com Hall of Fame." The hall (which includes Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, and Drew Barrymore) is just one aspect of Grantland's entire week dedicated to romantic comedies, an undeniable part of cinematic history. They did so many posts about the genre, including the debate over the Queen of Rom-Coms, a Rom-Com-Con, if you will, a cultural expression of romance, an explanation of Anchorman's qualifying as a Rom-Com, and a premiere piece of writing for each day. Monday's, for example, is titled, "When 'Harry' Met 'Annie.' So that's the kind of thing to expect if you click here, but all in all, it's really neat!

1 comment:

  1. Well, glad you are enjoying it. Maybe you'll do a Rom-Com theme poll or bracket in this blog's future?

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